Abu Bakr al-Qirbi
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen
In office
4 October 2016 – 28 November 2016*
Disputed
PresidentSaleh Ali al-Sammad
Prime MinisterAbdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Succeeded byHisham Sharaf
In office
4 April 2001 – 11 June 2014
PresidentAli Abdullah Saleh
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Prime MinisterAbdul Qadir Bajamal
Ali Muhammad Mujawar
Mohammed Basindawa
Preceded byAbdul Qadir Bajamal
Succeeded byJamal Abdullah al-Sallal
Personal details
Born1942 (age 81–82) [1]
Al Bayda, Yemen
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
*Qirbi's term has been disputed by Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi.

Abu Bakr Abdullah al-Qirbi (Arabic: أبو بكر عبد الله القربي) is a Yemeni diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen from 2001 to 2014.

Abu Bakr al-Qirbi with United States President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.

On 13 December 2009, al-Qirbi urged Iran's government to crack down on Iranian groups who he accused of aiding Houthi rebels in northern Yemen, holding the Iranian government partly to blame. According to al-Qirbi, "religious (Shiite) circles and groups in Iran are providing aid to the Houthis"; however, Iran repeatedly denied such accusations.[2]

Following the anti-government protests in Yemen, President Ali Abdullah Saleh dismissed all members of the Cabinet of Yemen on March 20, 2011. They were to remain as serving members until a new government was formed.[3]

On 4 October 2016, during the civil war, he was appointed as foreign minister in Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour's cabinet.[4]

Honours

Foreign honours

References

  1. ↑ "His Excellency Dr. Abu-Bakr Abdullah Al-Qirbi , Minister of Foreign Affair". Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Yemeni FM: Iran Must Curb Groups Aiding Huthi Rebels "Yemeni FM: Iran Must Curb Groups Aiding Huthi Rebels". naharnet. 13 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Yemen president fires cabinet" Al Jazeera. 3 March 2011. Archived 27 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "October 2016".
  5. ↑ Constantinian
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